Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-07

the teeth, commencing at the cervIx
and rapidly extending to the grinding
surface--the approximal surfaces not
seeming to be attached more than in
other trades. Prof. Hesse believes that
the disease is owing to the inhalation
of flour dust, the carries being caused
by the action of an acid which is formed
in the presence of fermentable car
bohydrates. ..> H. * :. :,
WATER FOR COWS.
Some people seem to think if COWS
get watered once day, it is all they
need; but that is not enough, says the
Northwestern Farmer, unless they are
living on succulent food, such as roots
or ensilage. Cattle are their own best
judges of their need of water, and they
do their best when they have their own
option aboutusingit. When they drink
but once day they overload with it,
to their injury. Taking an over sup
ply of cold water chills the stom ach and
occasions discomfort and pain, and,
what is worse, stops digestion till the
contents of the stomach, by slow degrees,
warm up again. $50
DAfter number of years of study
and observation on the treatment Of
COWS: says Hoard's Dairyman, we have
come to the opinion that one of the
most frequent reasons why COWS are
not more profitable while at pasture is
lack of water. Cows will not drink
as often as it is profitable for the owner
if they have to 60 too far for it. The
farmer who will put wells and wind
mills in his back lots so that the COWS.
can have ready access to water will
find the outlay to pay a big interest in
milk, butter and cheese.
WILD MUSTARD.
We are asked how to get rid of wild
mustard. Summer fa]low and pull by
hand, says the Western Rural. There
medy usually.recommoned is to summer
fallow or pull by hand. We think both
will be needed. It persistent sticker,
and needs thorough work to exterminate
it. In fact it may be said that all weeds
are PERSISTENT stickers. None of them.
seem willing to give up their hold readi-
ly. Weeds require very close attention.
and that is just what they do not receive
in too many cases. Yet while we say
that they are all persistent, in anoth--
er sense they are not, as arule, difficult
to exterminate if they receive proper at
tention. We have often suggested that
moving weeds just as they are about to-
mature their seeds is effectual, Gener-
ally that will do the work. But it must
be done at the proper time If just a.
little too late the seeds, or some of them.
will mature and terminate the next
season.
DANDELIONs FOR CATTLE.
A correspondent of the North British
Agriculturist states that dandelions in
pasture form valuable food for cattle,
and especially for dairy COWS. Some
years ago he had two fields, one with
few and the other with great many
It was found that when
the COWS were put on the field with
many of these plants, their yield of
milk was improved both in quality and
quantity. Since then he has planted
dandelions in fields laid down in grass,
in order to improve the pasture, and the,
effect has been beneficial.
THE BEST RATION FOR LAMBS.
Jonathan Talcott, of Rome, n. T.,
says that the best ration for young
lambs has aot yet been found out, but,
one of which lambs are very fond is COM
posed of equal parts of corn and oat-
meal, inseed meal and wheat bran.
This will probably be considered by
many rich feed, if so, they can reduce
the corn and linseed meal, and so make
less fattening food. He prefers the corn
and oats ground, for young lambs, to-
whole grain. After they become large,
and for grown sheep, whole grain is
preferred for his feeding, as the sheep
grind their grain ve-y etectually them.
selves, thus saving the trouble of get
ting it ground for them.
A farmer gets nearly as much pay in
the pleasure of raising good horses, as
he does in the increased price.
A COW never loses her cud. She may
be sick or ailing in some way, and re-
fuse to chew her cud as she refuses to-
eat; but when her health is restored
her cud comes back and she chews it.
Prof. Henry (good authority in,
cooking for swine, says their is a posi-
tive loss. THAT is, hundred pounds
of uncooked food is worth more than
the same would be cooked" This is
very radical testimony against cooking
Tho, Lancaster Pa. Examiner say.
that at least two thousand agriculturists
of Cumberland, Franklin and Adams
Pa, have been drawn into the
Bohemian oats swindle, and that the
sharpers operating there reaped a har-
vest of a half a million dollar. The
Michigan Farmer, speaking for its own
State, says bohemian oats lawsuits are
as thick as hairs on dog"
The first mules bred in this country
were the product of the Jack ssKnight
of Malta sent by Gen. Lafayette as a.
present of Gen. Washington in 1897.